United Kingdom, Aug. 18 -- James Norton was rushed to hospital with a broken collarbone after being thrown from a horse on the set of his new TV show.

The 40-year-old actor has revealed he suffered a painful accident during rehearsals for his historical BBC series King and Conqueror - set around Britain's Battle of Hastings in 1066 - and he was left nursing a broken bone throughout the rest of the shoot.

He told The Times newspaper: "In some of the battle scenes in the latter half of the shoot, I'm yelping very loudly and the yelps are pretty authentic.

"I fell off a horse and I landed on my shoulder. Actually it was a remarkably quick recovery and it didn't affect shooting. Luckily we dealt with it. The collarbone recovers very quickl...